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JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
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This challenge was originally posted by Dawn (Kat N Hat) in October 2011.

A monthly challenge to help you reduce your "to be read" list.

Rules: Any genre is fine. No re-reads. No page minimum. Please post a link to the book and the date you finished reading. Please repost your entire challenge when finished to get your badge.

Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018

TASKS:

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).


message 2: by JoAnne (last edited Mar 31, 2018 03:48AM) (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
PARTICIPANTS:

Aminko

Angie FINISHED

Agnieszka FINISHED

Carrie

Claire

Elizabeth FINISHED

Jennifer FINISHED

Joann FINISHED

Katherine

Kay FINISHED

Lois

Sandra FINISHED


message 3: by Jennifer (last edited Mar 25, 2018 06:15PM) (new)

Jennifer (jenniferc01) | 40 comments Finished!

Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018

TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben 3/10/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Home Free (Sisterhood, #20) by Fern Michaels Fern Michaels 3/25/18 (Sisterhood)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. The Party by Robyn Harding Robyn Harding 3/4/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X) The Seven Steps to Closure by Donna Joy Usher Donna Joy Usher 3/13/18 - Read a book with India as a setting (Crazy Doughnut pt 2)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). Serial Love (Saints Protection & Investigations, #1) by Maryann Jordan Maryann Jordan 3/2/18


message 4: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Jennifer!


message 5: by Agnieszka (last edited Mar 28, 2018 10:38AM) (new)

Agnieszka (agnieszka7) | 610 comments You made my day - I so love this challenge and already looking forward to another successfull month :-)

March Clean It Out
Duration:
3/1/18 - 3/31/18
Completed: 6/6 tasks (20 books)
no re-reads

1. Read something shelved (or bought if now added to GR yet) until end of May 2015 (0-easy-access-to-read - owned, borrowed or library books ~230 books)
bought 7/1/13: All-Time Favorite Bible Stories Old Testament by V. Gilbert Beers 2*
got as gift in January of February 2014: Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich In Gott geborgen by Beate Scheffbuch *
TBR 12/31/14 (my very first day on GR) Unlocked / Unending Devotion / The Prayer Box / The Innocent
*lit. transl.: You Encircle Me: Secure in God

2. Read one book from a series I have started and not finished (only the first book I read this month from a series and not the very first in the series): Wrong Turn, Right Direction (The Bourbon Street Boys, #4) by Elle Casey 5* (last in series) / Her Stolen Past (Family Reunions #3) by Lynette Eason book 3 of Family Reunions Complete Collection Hide and Seek\Christmas Cover-Up\Her Stolen Past by Lynette Eason 4* (last in series)

3. Read one book that I have already bought: Sidetracked by Brandilyn Collins 5*

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge: Clean Sweep Ignatius by Jeffrey Archer 5* (green cover) / Remember Me by Lara Van Hulzen 3* (obstacle 3 & wind mentioned in story) / Dunghog by Lavren Le'Clore 4* (zoo animal on cover) / Quest for the Beast A Beauty and the Beast story by Sarah Holman 4* (Q-title) / An Eclair To Remember by Rich Amooi 5* (windows shows a view of the ocean & obstacle 3) / Nein! Ich will keinen Seniorenteller Das Tagebuch der Marie Sharp by Virginia Ironside = No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club Diary of a Sixtieth Year by Virginia Ironside 3* (animal on cover & senior mc) / Das Schneemädchen by Eowyn Ivey = The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 5* (set in the 1920s) / Die fabelhaften Schwestern der Familie Cooke by Karen Joy Fowler = We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler 4* (with animal mc or about animals) /
obstacle 3 = books with water on cover (I need 10 of those)

5. Read a freebie (novella) from my Kindle/iBooks: Dance with the Enemy (The Enemy, #1) by Rob Sinclair 5* / If Ever I Would Leave You (Montana Rescue #0.5) by Susan May Warren 1* / Chasing Ivan (Kyle Achilles #0.5) by Tim Tigner 5* / Mountain Duet Mystery and Romance in the Rockies by Cynthia Bruner 4* / Christina Rosenthal by Jeffrey Archer 5* / Daffodils in Spring by Pamela Morsi 5*
Ace Card

6. Read a non-fiction book: I Can't But Jesus Can Experiencing the Power of Surrender by Adam Houge 6* / Keine Lust und trotzdem fit Einfache Schritte in ein bewegt(er)es Leben by Gert von Kunhardt * 2*
lit. transl.: Not Feeling Like But Still Fit: Easy Steps to (More) Excercise in Life (a word play bewegt means also [emotionaly] moving or figurative stir sth. up)
*


message 6: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Agnieszka!


message 7: by Sandra (last edited Mar 12, 2018 06:38AM) (new)

Sandra | 1009 comments I'M IN!

1st 20 tbr - All Revved Up - Sylvia Day - 5 MAR
Series started - Zombie Cash Run in Las Vegas - A.R. Winters - 4 MAR
Bought not read - Mac - Kate Hoffmann - 5 MAR
Difficult challenge - Styxx - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 12 MAR
Free ebook - White Lies - Kristin Mayer - 8 MAR

All Revved Up (Dangerous, #1) by Sylvia Day Zombie Cash Run in Las Vegas (Tiffany Black Mysteries #12) by A.R. Winters The Mighty Quinns Mac by Kate Hoffmann Styxx (Dark-Hunter, #22) by Sherrilyn Kenyon White Lies (A Twisted Fate Series, #1) by Kristin Mayer


message 8: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Sandra!


message 9: by Angie (new)

Angie | 287 comments Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018

TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).


message 10: by Claire (last edited Mar 26, 2018 01:29AM) (new)

Claire  | 285 comments Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018

TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Key by Simon Toyne The Key
Simon Toyne
437 p. Read: 5 march 2018 Rating 3 stars

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd
333 p. 25 march 2018 3 stars

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)
Homegoing Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi
315 p. 24 march 2018 5 stars
The name author starts with Y to fit in with abc challenges I needed Y for.

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

Au Bonheur des dames Au Bonheur des dames by Émile Zola Émile Zola
534 p. 22 march 2018 4 stars


message 11: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Angie and Claire!


message 12: by Elizabeth (last edited Mar 11, 2018 03:30PM) (new)

Elizabeth March Clean It Out ( finished)
TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris 3/1/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires, #5) by Chloe Neill 3/9/10


3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. Violent Crimes (Amanda Jaffe, #5) by Phillip Margolin 3/3/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X) The Dolocher by European P. Douglas 3/6/18

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). The Stalking Death (A Duff MacCallister Western) by William W. Johnstone 3/10/18


message 13: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Elizabeth!


message 14: by Mave (new)

Mave | 210 comments I'm in!
Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018


TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).


message 15: by Joann (last edited Mar 30, 2018 03:08PM) (new)

Joann | 1366 comments Will play along again

First 20 The Life Intended - Kristin Harmel - 3/25/18
Series Started Death of a Snob - M.C. Beaton - 3/3/18
Own Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18
Difficult challenge You Belong To Me - Mary Higgins Clark - 3/12/18 - "Y"
ebook own - Persuasion - Jane Austen - 3/21/18


message 16: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Joann!


message 17: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Elizabeth!"

Thinks


message 18: by Katherine (last edited Apr 02, 2018 04:29PM) (new)

Katherine | 220 comments March Clean It Out

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Bleed (Slow Burn #6) by Bobby Adair March 31, 2018


message 19: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Katherine!


message 20: by Carrie (new)

Carrie | 3 comments Back for another round!

TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).


message 21: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Carrie!


message 22: by Lois (last edited Mar 11, 2018 09:08PM) (new)

Lois Lane Giving this a try!
2. Read one book from a series you've started and not finished
Hero (Slave #2) by Laura Frances
5. Read one free book from your e-reader
Slave (Slave #1) by Laura Frances


message 23: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Lois!


message 24: by Kay (last edited Mar 15, 2018 02:06PM) (new)

Kay M (angeleyes003) | 485 comments March Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018
Completed: 5/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books: The First Quest by Jonathan Moeller - 15/3/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian - 3/3/18

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Your Toolkit to Modify Mood, Overcome Obstructions and Improve Your Life by Elaine Iljon Foreman - 11/3/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X): Undercover Warrior by Aimée Thurlo - 6/3/18

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (Kindle) - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon - 7/3/18

The First Quest (Frostborn, #0.5) by Jonathan Moeller Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5) by Lara Adrian Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Your Toolkit to Modify Mood, Overcome Obstructions and Improve Your Life by Elaine Iljon Foreman Undercover Warrior (Copper Canyon, #5) by Aimée Thurlo Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law, #1) by Jana Deleon


message 25: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Kay!


message 26: by Aminko (last edited Mar 25, 2018 09:27AM) (new)

Aminko | 177 comments Clean It Out Challenge
Duration: March 1 to 31, 2018

Progress: 2/5


1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs

✔️ Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris (4/3/2018)

✔️ Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (24/3/2018)

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
After Disasters by Viet Dinh

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).
The Casual Rule (The Casual Rule, #1) by A.C. Netzel


message 27: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
Welcome Aminko!


message 28: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth March Clean It Out ( finished)
TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris 3/1/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires, #5) by Chloe Neill 3/9/10


3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. Violent Crimes (Amanda Jaffe, #5) by Phillip Margolin 3/3/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X) The Dolocher by European P. Douglas 3/6/18

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). The Stalking Death (A Duff MacCallister Western) by William W. Johnstone 3/10/18


message 29: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Elizabeth!


message 30: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 1009 comments ALL DONE!

1st 20 tbr - All Revved Up - Sylvia Day - 5 MAR
Series started - Zombie Cash Run in Las Vegas - A.R. Winters - 4 MAR
Bought not read - Mac - Kate Hoffmann - 5 MAR
Difficult challenge - Styxx - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 12 MAR
Free ebook - White Lies - Kristin Mayer - 8 MAR

All Revved Up (Dangerous, #1) by Sylvia Day Zombie Cash Run in Las Vegas (Tiffany Black Mysteries #12) by A.R. Winters The Mighty Quinns Mac by Kate Hoffmann Styxx (Dark-Hunter, #22) by Sherrilyn Kenyon White Lies (A Twisted Fate Series, #1) by Kristin Mayer


message 31: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Sandra!


message 32: by Kay (new)

Kay M (angeleyes003) | 485 comments Challenge completed!

March Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018
Completed: 5/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books: The First Quest by Jonathan Moeller - 15/3/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian - 3/3/18

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Your Toolkit to Modify Mood, Overcome Obstructions and Improve Your Life by Elaine Iljon Foreman - 11/3/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X): Undercover Warrior by Aimée Thurlo - 6/3/18

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (Kindle) - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon - 7/3/18

The First Quest (Frostborn, #0.5) by Jonathan Moeller Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5) by Lara Adrian Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Your Toolkit to Modify Mood, Overcome Obstructions and Improve Your Life by Elaine Iljon Foreman Undercover Warrior (Copper Canyon, #5) by Aimée Thurlo Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law, #1) by Jana Deleon


message 33: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Kay!


message 34: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jenniferc01) | 40 comments Finished!

Clean It Out
Duration: March 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018

TASKS:
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben 3/10/18

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Home Free (Sisterhood, #20) by Fern Michaels Fern Michaels 3/25/18 (Sisterhood)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. The Party by Robyn Harding Robyn Harding 3/4/18

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X) The Seven Steps to Closure by Donna Joy Usher Donna Joy Usher 3/13/18 - Read a book with India as a setting (Crazy Doughnut pt 2)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). Serial Love (Saints Protection & Investigations, #1) by Maryann Jordan Maryann Jordan 3/2/18


message 35: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Jennifer!


message 36: by Angie (new)

Angie | 287 comments All done!

March Clean It Out
1/3/18 – 31/3/18
5/5


1 – Soul Sucker - Kate Pearce - 19/3/18
2 – Shadow Study - Maria V Snyder - 7/3/18
3 – Dearly Departed - Lia Habel - 4/3/18
4 – Until November - Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/3/18
5 – Line of Fire - Jo Davis - 2/3/18
Soul Sucker (Soul Justice, #1) by Kate Pearce Shadow Study (Soulfinders #1; Study, #4) by Maria V. Snyder Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1) by Lia Habel Until November (Until, #1) by Aurora Rose Reynolds Line of Fire (Firefighters of Station Five, #4) by Jo Davis


message 37: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Angie!


message 38: by Agnieszka (new)

Agnieszka (agnieszka7) | 610 comments I won't have time to update the next week, so I'm reporting back now :-)

March Clean It Out
Duration:
3/1/18 - 3/31/18
Completed: 6/6 tasks (20 books)

1. Read something shelved (or bought if now added to GR yet) until end of May 2015 (0-easy-access-to-read - owned, borrowed or library books ~230 books)
bought 7/1/13: All-Time Favorite Bible Stories Old Testament by V. Gilbert Beers 2*
got as gift in January of February 2014: Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich In Gott geborgen by Beate Scheffbuch *
*lit. transl.: You Encircle Me: Secure in God

2. Read one book from a series I have started and not finished (only the first book I read this month from a series and not the very first in the series): Wrong Turn, Right Direction (The Bourbon Street Boys, #4) by Elle Casey 5* (last in series) / Her Stolen Past (Family Reunions #3) by Lynette Eason book 3 of Family Reunions Complete Collection Hide and Seek\Christmas Cover-Up\Her Stolen Past by Lynette Eason 4* (last in series)

3. Read one book that I have already bought: Sidetracked by Brandilyn Collins 5*

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge: Clean Sweep Ignatius by Jeffrey Archer 5* (green cover) / Remember Me by Lara Van Hulzen 3* (obstacle 3 & wind mentioned in story) / Dunghog by Lavren Le'Clore 4* (zoo animal on cover) / Quest for the Beast A Beauty and the Beast story by Sarah Holman 4* (Q-title) / An Eclair To Remember by Rich Amooi 5* (windows shows a view of the ocean & obstacle 3) / Nein! Ich will keinen Seniorenteller Das Tagebuch der Marie Sharp by Virginia Ironside = No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club Diary of a Sixtieth Year by Virginia Ironside 3* (animal on cover & senior mc) / Das Schneemädchen by Eowyn Ivey = The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 5* (set in the 1920s) / Die fabelhaften Schwestern der Familie Cooke by Karen Joy Fowler = We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler 4* (with animal mc or about animals) /
obstacle 3 = books with water on cover (I need 10 of those)

5. Read a freebie (novella) from my Kindle/iBooks: Dance with the Enemy (The Enemy, #1) by Rob Sinclair 5* / If Ever I Would Leave You (Montana Rescue #0.5) by Susan May Warren 1* / Chasing Ivan (Kyle Achilles #0.5) by Tim Tigner 5* / Mountain Duet Mystery and Romance in the Rockies by Cynthia Bruner 4* / Christina Rosenthal by Jeffrey Archer 5* / Daffodils in Spring by Pamela Morsi 5*

6. Read a non-fiction book: I Can't But Jesus Can Experiencing the Power of Surrender by Adam Houge 6* / Keine Lust und trotzdem fit Einfache Schritte in ein bewegt(er)es Leben by Gert von Kunhardt * 2*
lit. transl.: Not Feeling Like But Still Fit: Easy Steps to (More) Excercise in Life (a word play bewegt means also [emotionaly] moving or figurative stir sth. up)
*


message 39: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Agnieszka!


message 40: by Joann (new)

Joann | 1366 comments finished!


First 20 The Life Intended - Kristin Harmel - 3/25/18
Series Started Death of a Snob - M.C. Beaton - 3/3/18
Own Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18
Difficult challenge You Belong To Me - Mary Higgins Clark - 3/12/18 - "Y"
ebook own - Persuasion - Jane Austen - 3/21/18


message 41: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 55177 comments Mod
WOOHOO Joann!


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